First Playground - Utah Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This marker stands 90 ft. North of the gate to Lindsey's Gardens, first playground in Utah. In 1865 Mark Lindsey and wife Bothiah Savill Lindsey, handcart pioneers of 1859, homesteaded a quartersection; built a home, dance hall, museum, lunch arbors, a bathhouse fed from a spring in the ravine, planted gardens, made swings, giant strides, whirleygigs, greasy poles, croquet and baseball grounds, sold soft drinks, homemade ice cream and cake. Admission adults 10¢, children 5¢.

Marker Name: First Playground Marker Type: City Addtional Information: Location: 401 N "M" Street SALT LAKE CITY , 84103 SALT LAKE County SW corner of Lindsey Gardens (8th Ave. & M St.) County: Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Group Responsible for Placement: DUP Date Dedicated: Dec 30, 1948 Marker Number: 131 Web link(s) for additional information: http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=2074

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